Palmitate n. : A salt of palmitic acid.

Example:
What is the difference between Retinol and Retinyl Palmitate? What do they have in common?

Taxonomy
Retinyl palmitate, Palmitate, vitamin A, free encyclopedia, retinol palmitate, vitamin A palmitate, search, 2E, 4E, 6E, 8E, Dimethyl, 2,6, trimethyl, nona, Identifiers, OCC, CC1.

Defination from the web:
palmitate is a synthetic alternate for retinyl acetate in vitamin A supplements, and is available in oily or dry forms. ... Palmitate is an antioxidant and a vitamin A compound added to low fat milk and other dairy products to replace the vitamin content lost through the ...